Romanian producer of premium wines LacertA Winery expects a turnover of over EUR 1 million in 2012 and plans to sell some 150,000 bottles of wines, three times the number reported in 2011, its first year of production. Last year the winery sold 40,000 bottles- around 90 percent of its production, according to the company.  The wine producer wants to start exporting its wines this year, mostly in European countries.

LacertA Winery will launch new types of premium wines, namely LacertA Fetească Neagră 2010, LacertA Merlot 2010, LacertA Blaufraenkisch 2010, LacertA Pinot Noir 2010, LacertA Sauvignon Blanc Reserva 2010, Chardonnay Reserva 2010 si LacertA Rosé Riviera 2011.

„Our first year on the market has proved highly successful, our Romanian premium wines being already on the list of some of the most select restaurant and for sale in the premium wineries in Bucharest,"says Walter Friedl (in picture), representative of LacertA Winery’s group of investors. (More about Walter Friedl in our Expat Profile )

LacertA Winery started to produce wine in Romania in 2011. The company invested EUR 7 million in the Dealu Mare vineyard, located in Fintesti, Buzau County.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

(photo source: the company)